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transverse; cavernous. Metasternum less than half the length 

 of the following segment; episterna rather narrow. Abdomen 

 with straight sutures; two basal segments rather large; first 

 as long as second and third combined, intercoxal process 

 moderately wide; third and fourth combined slightly longer 

 than second or fifth. Legs short; posterior coxae touching 

 elytra; femora stout, outwardly curved on apical half, 

 grooved, edentate, posterior terminated before apex of abdo- 

 men ; tibiae short, curved at base only ; tarsi rather short, 

 moderately wide or rather narrow, feebly or not at all clothed 

 above and shining, third joint very little wider than, or about 

 once and one-half the width of second, fourth thin and rather 

 long. Elliptic-ovate, moderately convex, squamose, non- 

 tuberculate, apterous. 



One of the few genera in which the tarsi are variable, in 

 gldbricornis they are almost as in Methidrysis, whilst in the 

 others they are feebly (but very decidedly) clothed above, with 

 the third joint distinctly wider than the second. The forehead 

 is trisinuate, the median sinus being very wide; the lateral 

 ones rather deeply margin the eyes; the polished base of the 

 head looks as if an iron cap had been drawn over that portion 

 of it, this is especially noticeable in personatus. Although 

 four specimens are under examination, the metasternal epis- 

 terna cannot be distinctly seen in any (on account of the cloth- 

 ing), they appear, however, to be rather narrow. The three 

 species described below are closely allied in general appearance. 



Tarsi glabrous on upper surface, head 



feebly carinate glabricornis 



Tarsi not entirely glabrous, head not 

 carinate. 

 Emargination of forehead encroached 



upon by punctures melancholicus 



Emargination of forehead not en- 

 croached upon personatus 



ECILDAUS PERSONATUS, n. Sp. 



Black, antennae and tarsi red. Densely clothed with large, 

 soft, sooty-brown scales, obscurely spotted with scales of a 

 lighter shade of brown, more noticeable on shoulders than 

 elsewhere; tarsi distinctly clothed. 



Head convex, shining, and lightly punctate, except on 

 anterior two-fifths ; forehead trisinuate, the median sinus 

 much wider than the lateral ones. Rostrum shorter than pro- 

 thorax, base wider than apex, sides incurved to middle ; basal 

 half with coarse, concealed punctures, apical half shining, but 

 rather strongly punctate. Second joint of funicle just per- 

 ceptibly longer than first. Prothorax feebly transverse; with 



